Heel-blacking machine.



PATENTED JULY '7, 1908.

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IIIIII( In II OLEY .TOSIAH LEAR, OE NEWPORT, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

HEEL-BLACKING MACHINE.

Application led September 18, 1906.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, OLEY J osiAn LEAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newport, in the county of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Heel-Blacking Machines, of which the 'following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for blacking heels for shoes, and also for introducing blacking into the crease extending around the upperedge of the heel.

The invention consists of a receptacle to contain a liquid blacking, a brush arranged below the receptacle and adapted to receive the blacking discharged from the receptacle, means for reciprocating the brush and also means automatically operated for regulating the flow of liquid to the brush.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of my device. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken through bearings mounted upon a shaft, the shaft being shown in elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of a portion of the receptacle, the valve and valve operating means, a part of the receptacle being shown in section. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectionalview through the receptacle and through a casing containing brush operating means, said means being shown in elevation. Fig. 5 is a vertical section through a portion of the receptacle and through a shaft, a part of a valve-operating arm being shown in section. Fig. 6 is a dctail perspective view of a hub and casing. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of an angledplate. Fig. 8 is a plan view of a brushholder, a portion being shown in section.

In these drawings A represents a suitable base upon which is mounted a standard A', which adjacent its upper end is provided with a hub A2, which hub portion carries a semi-circular casing Af. Mounted upon the standard is a receptacle B, which upon its front lower edge is provided with a discharge opening B. Above this opening it carries a bracket B2, through which works a vertically arranged set-screw B3. In the hub A2 is journaled a rotatable shaft C, which is provided with loose and tight pulleys C, C2, upon which fit a belt C3. Upon the shaft is mounted an eccentric D, which is provided with an eccentric rod D', which at its upper end is reduced as shown at D2. A combined the 'front of the receptacle and at one end has Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7', 1908.

Serial No. 335,117.

an enlarged portion E2 adapted to close the opening B', and which serves as a valve for said opening. The other end of the arm E consists of an angled portion E, through which the reduced portion D2, of the eccentric rod passes, and a spring D2, bears down upon the portion E3, and a nut D threaded. upon the upper end of the rod D/, bears upon the upper end of the spring.

A coil spring El, connected at its upper end to the front of the receptacle is connected at its lower end to the valve-arm E. A chute F is carried by the receptacle and receives the liquid and conveys the same to a suitable brush. Upon the shaft C and within. the easing A, is Aformed a double cam G. A plate J is hinged at its lower end to the lower side of the casing A3, and closes the opened portion of the casing which is semi-cyline drical. The vplate J has a forwardly projecting arm J, bifurcated at J2.

An angled plate J, is locked to the arm J, by a set-screw J, which passes through the bifurcation J2 and the plate J3 carries a brush provided with a back J", and bristles or fibers J". The back J2, is locked to the plate J3, by hooks K, which are provided with coil-springs arranged between the head of the hook and the plate, the hook being in the form of a headed right-angled pin.

A spring L is connected to the upper end of the plate J, and to a hook carried by a washer L, and a curved plate L2, rests upon the casingA, and has its front end bent downwardly to overlap the upper front edge of the casing. A set-screw L, secures the curved plate L2, and the washer L in position. The plate L2, is slotted so that it can be adjusted thus bringing the bent down portion nearer to or further from the edge of the casing, and this bent down portion forms an adjustable stop which limits rear movement of the plate J under tension of the spring L.

To hold the valve arm E into close engagement with the front of the receptacle I provide the portion E2, with a pin H, and a spring H. The spring is seated in a suitable socket formed in a head H2, and the pin works in an extension of the said socket, as shown in Fig. 4.

The operation of the device is as follows: The rotation of the shaft C imparts a vertical movement to the eccentric rod D and a rocking movement to the valve-arm E, alternately opening and closing the opening shaft C adjacent the brush and has crimped edges which receive blacking from the brush and introduces the same into the crease at the top of the heel. As the heel of the shoe is turned and the disk M applies blacking to the crease, the brush'with its reciprocating motion applies the blacking uniformly to the sides of the heel.

In use the shoe is held in one hand by the toe-portion and steadied by the other. When not in use the brush can be readily removed by turning the hooks K and can be soaked in water, thus cleaning it and keeping it soft.

Having thus fullyl described my invention,

-what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. The combination with a receptacle having a discharge opening, of a rotatable shaft, a combined valve and arm adapted to close the opening, means for operating said arm through rotation of the shaft, a brush adapted to receive a liquid from the receptacle, and means for changing rotary motion of the shaft to a reciprocatory motion on the part of the brush.

2. In a device of the kind described, a shaft, a bearing for the shaft, said bearing having a semi-cylindrical casing, a plate hinged to said casing, brush holding means carried by the hinged plate, a brush, the cam on the shaft adapted to engage said plate, and means for feeding a liquid to said brush.

3. The combination with the receptacle having a valve controlled opening and a discharge chute, of a shaft arranged adjacent said chute, a semi-cylindrical casing through .which the shaft passes, a plate hinged to the lower edge of said casing, a spring connected to the free edge of the plate, and extending back over the casing, an adjustable stopplate arranged between the casing and spring, a brush supported from said plate and a cam carried by the shaft and adapted to engage the plate.

Gno. E. LEWIS, PETER E.,LADIEU. 

